The Poet and the Football Star

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Paige Comer
Composition and Rhetoric
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The Poet and the Football Star
It can be seen on television frequently, the act of a parent backup vicariously through their children. It can be seen in original life at a childs baseball game or soccer game, as a parent argues with the referee that their son or daughter was not out of boundary or that the s pull throughg was not a strike. It can be seen, perhaps with even more intensity, in a in high spirits school setting where the star quarterback is under so much pressure for perfection from his father, that when the team doesnt win the homecoming game he is guilty of doing so on purpose to stop the violence of tension, arguing and misery at home. Pressure to be perfect often creates rebellion in a child because no one can be perfect and a child wants to be just that, a child. Subconsciously they ache for normalcy and something ordinary instead of the unvarying running around and game subsequently game, competition after competition, and spotlight after spotlight. It can also drive parents and children aside and leave the child wondering whose dream it was to begin with, and the questioning begins. Who am I? What do I want? Where do I belong? Often times, this parental scrutiny carries on through adulthood and leaves damaging scars on a soulfulnesss entire life.




This is evident in the words and expression of Biff Loman in the snap Death of a Salesman. He is an attractive, promising football player and carries the weight of being the darling child in his family on his shoulders. From the memories we are presented with throughout the play we are introduced to the idea that his father, Willy
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Loman idealizes him and lifts him so high on a pedestal that Biffs metaphoric fall is inevitable. In the now, his relationship with his father is strained and uncomfortable but it wasnt invariably this way. One fateful night destroys the respect he had for Willy and changes his pettishness from pleasing his father, to avoiding him and the search for...If you want to get a complete essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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